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Gain Clem fy I)ONALIJ CAUGHMAN Sports Editor Carolina's Gamecocks will be a tempting to salvage somethii from a dismal season when thi take on the arch rival Clems< Tigers in so-called "Death Valley Nov. 26. Coach Paul Dietzel's squa ~.0 'wi Crm Ganeoek linebacker lill qiuarterback Kenny Stabler ( hall in last Saturday's gan Hodge (89) noves ii to helli SN And Win Leag Hly BUNNY LANGSTON Staff Writer In two dlown-to-the-wire b)attles SN and Phi Delta Theta squeake< out Victories over SX andl A TO respectively. League 11 reigns supreme a~ both of its entries defeatedl Leagu I teams. The finals will be a re match between SN and Phi D)elt In the first gamne SN was vie torious in a 32-1-1 route. Ini its victory over SX, 12-7 SN capitalized on a long five in the first quarter with scatback< Carl Ellsworth going the final five yaIrds on a reverse to give the Nu's a 6-0 halftime edge. SX spottedl the SN's another touchdown in the third quarter on an end sweep by Ellsworth. Both PAT's failed. With SN leading 12-0, SX got its offense rolling for the first time of t.he afternoon. Quarter back Dick Lester's 20-yard pass to "Weasel" Simonton put the Chii's on the scoreboard. A duplicate pass play netted tihe PAT. After the ensuing kick-off, SN was unable to maintain control of the ball, and Bob Northcutt punted out of bounds on the EX five. From there the SX drove to the Nu's 40-yard line as time ran out. Delnmar Rivers stood out for the SX defense, while EN countered with Northcutt and D)ick Christo pher. In the second game, L ea g ue I champion ATO was defeated by L e a g' u e I runner-up Phi Delta Theta, 6-0. Except for a first-half score on a sweep by the Phi Delt's Sonny Parker, the game featured stout d e fensae for both teams. A TO's quarterback Tom Scott chalked up several fine end sweeps, but the Phi D)elt defense stopped all at tempts to cross their goal. Both teams featured outstanding middle linebackers - Jay Jones of Phi Dolt and Jim Shelly of ATO.I ecocki tson A playing on( of the toughest sched ules in the nation. has Posted but one victory-a 31 -21 win over ig North Carolina State--while los Y ing eight games. )n In Clemson, the Gamecocks will be facing a team which has al ready clinched at least a tie for the d, Atlantic Coast Conference Cham SPORTS. ..... 41 CI, Gamecock photo by Chafin Dic-keiis (60) grabs Alabama 12) lwfore ie can get rid of the t('arolina defensive end Lyn1 out oil the play. Phi Delts rue Titles The C'hamlpionship game will hee pltayed Friday on t.he intramuralr fields. Phi D)elt will be~ seeking re- I venge of an early seas~on dlefeat at y the hands of SN. ATO faces SX in a contest for third la~ce. b I 'Cocks Pr, 0( Opening ( lBy llEYWARDl ADDlY -1I Staff Writer The US(' basketball team willg open its season Dec. 1 again st i Erskine in the Carolina Field A Twfo P Gutard Ski-p Harlicka shoots (1 teammuate Gen Spiencer as the FicI( Hotuse( ini preparationl for Eranc. Dec. I. s Pre nd De pionship. The Tigers, coached by the venerable "Bashful Baron of Barlow Bend" - Frank Howard, have turned back five league op ponents while dropping all three g a m e s against non-conference foes. They have posted victories over Virginia, Duke, Wake Forest, North Carolina and Maryland while losing to Georgia Tech, Southern Cal and Alabama. Clemson meets North Carolina State Saturday and a win over the Wolfpack or either the Gamecocks the following week will give the Tigers sole claim to the league crown. For North Carolina State to stay in the running for part of the championship, they must defeat Clemson, and the Tigers in turn wouid have to drop their game to Carolina. The series between the Palmetto State rivals dates back to 1896 when the Gamecocks won the first game, 12-6. The Tigers have won 36 of the contests while dropping 24. There have been three ties. The Gamecocks will be idle Sat urday, and the layoff should give injured players time to recuperate. Dietzel said he hoped the extra week would help get all of his charges back into playing form. "Not only will the layoff help in that respect," he added, "but it will also let us sort of take our time in preparing for the game." Quarterback Mike Fair, who suf rered a kncc injury in the Ten nessee game Oct. 22, had the cast removed from his leg last week And should be ready for action Against Clemson. Tailback Benny Galloway, who leads all USC rushers with 475 vards, suffered a slight shoulder ieparation in the game against Florida State two weeks ago and lid not make the trip to Alabama. lie also is expected to be ready to flay against the Tigers. Linebackers Bill Dickens and )ave Meadow have been hobbled >y knee injuries but neither is ex >eeted to miss the game. Fullback Curtis Williams has -eturned to action after suffering k knee injury in the Tennessee rame. Before the current campaign >egan, Howard boasted of having ine of his best teams in recent rears. "The main asset of our team his year over previous ones," he bse'rved, "will be speed. Buddy ,ore and Phil Rogers are fast nough to keep 'em honest up the niddle, and our offensive line r>oks like it can move out p)retty 0o(d." Gore, a speedy sophomore tail ack from Conway, was heralded epare For lash Witi louse'. The Gamecocks will enter the ame ap)parently without the serv-1 'es of their sophomore center, I like Grosso, but they will have C F Gamecock photo by Galloway ver the outstretched arm of G;amecocks work out in the their season onener against pare rath X before the season began as one of the best backs ever to play for the Tigers. Although he is among the top rushers in the league, he has at times suffered from acute "fumbleitis" and has not lived up to expectations. Perhaps the biggest surprise on the Clemson squad has been spindly quarterback Jimmy Addi Gaimecock halfback Bobby unidentified Alabaia runner the Crimson Tide while teatn Sonmna (66) and Lyn Hodge Carolint At Han The Alabama Crimson Tide, looking toward a Southeastern Donference championship, a post season bowl bid and an unprece lented third straight national' rhampionship, pushed across a score in each quarter as they ~urned back a struggling band of -amecocks, 24-0, in Tuscaloosa ast Saturday. Season 1 Erskine~ he services of Gary Gregor and our of yast year's starters, Al Sal 'adori, Frank Standard, Skip lHar icka, and Jack Thompson. ( "We are definitely stronger thisv 'ear, because we are bigger and i nore experienced," stated Coachf t prank McGuire, who is in his third lI ear at Carolina. "We have four starters back d rom last year's team and a num-e ~er of returning lettermen. The earn is in good physical condition, .nd they are dead serious about he season." Even without Grosso, this year's eam is bigger than any previous JSC team, and Coach McGuire is ery optimistic about the chances 'f the team. Basketball practice started Oct. 5 and the players have been pre aring themselves for the opening ~ame and the tough schedule of eams that they will be playing. VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHED)ULE ec I Erskine* 10 Maryland 13 Furman* 16-17 MIlwaukee ('lassie 19 liuke 29-30 Triangle Dloubleheader lin 7 ('lemson* 11 VirgInia 25 Purmlan 30 Maryland* eb 4 w"ake Forest 7 (Clemson IIl Duke* 13t Wake Forest* 17 l'N(' at Charlotte. N. C'. I8 N. C. Stale at Charlotte, N. C. 21 Ersklne 25 VIrgInIa* ar. I UN C* 4 N. C. Slate 9-Il ACC Tourney For i ralley son. The Fairfax, Ala., junior ranks near the top of the ACC in passing and was named Natiornil Back-of-the-Week for his per formance in the Tigers' come from-behind win over Virginia early in the year. Ends Edgar McGee and Wayne Bell and flanker Phil Rogers pro vide Addison with more than ade VA 7 IAK Su rro Bryant (24) horse collars an in last Saturday's clash with iates Wally Orr'el (27), Doni (89) mnove in to lend a help it Drops iN tem . Thewinwa th eiht oth Brean (2or thorTie lars thafur :ehin a Strw" ovrthlas itwo lationall hampio (27) Dcurntl (89)e third in tohen ation. Thelabamao the oeig ofick >ffaond agains fone aitohdownbe i'oreche PauCockls oug ther Tand wn wsthe etll.th reao the ide-yad ewth four hannt five aiu rowne in the w: came. Alabam Daisboe the dn xnkea tird ind the nTido a Aard-running fuhebacknLes kck- i, orewh thadk beend eitteiby. 'anch oerByn ale n the bal Fulak, cored Chmte sth re d l ~ae Stheenpei Davis ded th her PoT, and the Tide tk a - -Oad.t Te scorded fothe tuch- esl own in the third quarter whend nd Ray Perkins caught a 17-yard OLD MOTHEtR OLD MoTHEA HOWAaD, - 4E R$ELF A 9'G Cow,JARD, TwaogKfT S14'b AMPE N oua Forn VeaTsA" AbvAneCL.s To C LEMSo?J BSU'Q krch Encoi qjuate targets for his aerials. The Clemson offensive line is anchored by huge tackle Wayne Mass (6-4, 280), a serious candi date for All-America honors. T'he Tiger defensive unit is led by ends Joey Branton and Butch Sursavage, an All-ACC performer last year, and halfbaeks Wayne Page and Arthur Craiv, ided ing hand. Alabama's hard-run yards in the gaiv whie Tide de to 102 vards. Eight owerfu >ass from southpass quarterback (enny Stabler. Perkins snared he aerial after a Gamsecock back ad deflected it. irst downs g 20 ba 'ards rushing 102 266 'ards passing 63 62 asses 5-i2 9-16 stercepted by 2 3 umbles lost I 0 ur nts re 8-41.0 4-34. auth Carolina 0 0 0 0- 0 L. labama 7 7 7 3-24 Ala--Chatwood I run (Davis kIck) Ala--L. Kelleyv 3 run (Davis kick)1 Ala-Perkins I7 pass from Trimble (Davis Ala-FG Davis 31 ' Attendance. 59.500.1 Dlavis added his third P.AT of e afternoon, anid Alabama went head 21-0. Alabama, trying to roll up anr nlpressive miargin before a home :mmn crowd of nearly 60,000 per- a mns, chalked up three more points the final period on a 31 -vard eld goal by Davis. The G;amecocks wer not able fl-love the hall with much coni- P stency ag -inst the fast 'Bama Their only re al sc-oring threat * i fi TcmRor.e ouIA Lsa 'CL NLve GaEAT T M aRown e< 2( to Bu e ntrc oveE fc ADIAEThis OLMTbfrNER iAi,MR, Ls u a a1 Rival inter The Ganecocks have won the last two con!vptet by3 narrow mar gins. In the six Voars prine t"ie traditional -ig Thursday clash du - ing State Fair Week was discon Lm1ued, th tAams have won three gaies each. The game, whioh wll start at 2 p.m., has be-en a se!Iut for sev -al weeks. 40 4.4 At Gamecock photo by Chafin ning backs ground out 262 fenders held the Gamecocks Game I Tide aIme late in t.he game after afetymian Wal ly Orrve! picked (off n A lab*ama pass and returned it the) Tide 2n-.yard h:ne. An ale-rt Alabama hack inter epted a Ted Wingard pass on the irst pla.s from scrimmage to end he threat The imsoni~53' Tide rolied up 2tiu aids rushig while holding the amec((ck- t just 102 yards. helley. with (4 yards in l6 at mnpts, and alternate quarterback 4avne '1 imbleh. with 56 yards in D~ carries, were the big men in the .laama ground game. 1urnbile toalback Hen G;arnto rambnled fo'r 43 yards in 15 car *.s wh:h- alternate tailback WIally leThm pickedl up 45 yards in nine Ltemipts to- le-ad Gamecock rush Carolina held the Tide to only yards via passing, with Stabler et t ing BI of them on seven conm let ions in nine attempts. Gamecock quarterback Wingard ton five' of 12 attempts for 63 ards. D)ietze! said he could not "fault ie effort of the team. They ally played like wild things. hey just were playing one of the nest teams in the country. Perps Take Fifth :ross-country Win Maryland's Terrapins took five the top nine places to wrap up e team ti-tie in the A.lantic Coast >nference cross - country chain onship at the Rex Enright Ath tie Center Monday morning. Individual winner was Mike Wil ims of North Ca rolin a, who vered the four-mile distance in 1:33. Williams used a fast finish nose out Ed Stenberg of Duke, ho covered the course in 20:37. Wake Forest took third place ith 82 points while Duke finished urth with 99. The Gamecocks were next with l9 points. They were followed by orth Carolina State with 158, irginia with 168 and Clemoni ith 201.